Deadly suicide bomb at sports club in Afghan capital

Kabul: A suicide bomber attacked a wrestling training centre in a mostly Shiite neighbourhood of Afghanistan's capital on Wednesday, killing at least four people, officials said.

Public Health Ministry spokesman Wahid Majorh said 18 other people were wounded in the attack in Kabul. Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish confirmed the attack, the latest in a series of assaults targeting the country's Shiite minority.

No one immediately claimed the attack, but previous bombings targeting Shiites have been claimed by an Islamic State affiliate. The Sunni extremists of IS view Shiites as apostates deserving of death.

Elsewhere in Afghanistan, a roadside bomb killed a district police chief and another policeman in the northern Badghis province, according to Jamshid Shahabi, spokesman for the provincial governor.

No one claimed the attack, but Shahabi said it was likely carried out by the Taliban, who are active in the province and frequently target security forces and government officials.